Recent content by Ken Adams

I'm working with Cherokee long pod and jing orange okra. Pods and stems are deep orange, quite lovely

For those of us experiencing a decrease in Japanese beetle population this is the perfect year to knock them down further with milky spore applications

At this point there is a lot of speculation as to the cause of colony collapse but the already declining population is further suffering the effects of climate change. Add everything up and it seems to me that a perfect storm is brewing. I will be drastically increasing seed saving and refining...

I just spoke with a beekeeper friend who confirmed my concern. He stated that across the country there was an 80% mortality rate for beekeepers. He lost 8 out of 10 hives. He also stated that finding replacement bees was impossible

The jury is still out on the cause of the reduction in honeybee population. Luckily other pollinators seem to be doing the job as I am having no pollination problems.

Oh and I stared menacingly at my tomatoes that continue to grow lots of big green tomatoes but refuse to show any color...They did not seem impressed

In NW indiana we had a long cold winter with record snowfalls and it looks like it had a major effect on our dwindling bee population. I spend a great deal of my time in my garden and have yet to see a single honey bee. A possible benefit though is the Japanese beetle population seems to also...

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Can you post a pick of the plant. Cp tends to have a stout stem with broader darker green leaves. It stays a little more compact reaching around 6 ft

In my opinion that is almost certainly a cp. If you look closely the seeds in that pick look green. That is the color of the gell it's in.

I've read that there is an anomaly in the commercial market involving BSM and that at least some companies are labeling a similar variety named chernimor (sp) as BSM

Okra seeds should be scratched and soaked in water overnight before planting much like morning glories and need heat to perform well. Two years ago I had a bumper crop...last year nada. This year they are off to a good start

Last year was my first attempt at potatoes. They did so well I had enough left this year to use for seeding. Of course being the ocd gardener that I am I doubled the sq footage this year :)

Green beans, summer squash and beets!

Why not just grow both next year :)